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Li-ion battery maker Boston-Power announces $125M in new financing; focus on and support from China

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Additionally, through its stimulus programs and local industrial policies, the Chinese government is providing a range of grants, low-interest loans and related financial and tax incentives. Due to the strategy to focus predominantly on China in both the immediate and longer term, the company is reallocating its global resources.

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Grant Thornton LLP Warns of Potential Collapse of Automotive Supply Chain

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Meanwhile, adding further downside pressure is that banks in many cases are working to reduce their exposure to the auto industry. Don’t Overreach: With the entire supply chain so vulnerable, automakers should err on the conservative side when forecasting volumes for new or resourced programs. Laura Marcero

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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The auto industry is now gearing up to hash out those standards at the SAE conference in Detroit next week — and GM has a major stake in getting them out swiftly. OStatic] Nokia E71x Expected on May 4th: Here’s Reading Material Until Then [jkOnTheRun] Renewable Standards to Spur Moore’s Law for Cleantech?

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Has the cash for clunkers scheme failed? The Green Piece

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According to Knittel the results suggest that the programme is an expensive way to reduce carbon, although he does state that it is possible the stimulus benefits outweigh added environmental costs. So is this scheme green at all? Indeed six of the top 10 trade-ins are SUVs with two mini-vans and two pick-up trucks rounding out the list.

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Smart Meters and Electric Cars

Revenge of the Electric Car

But an increasingly important energy resource is little more than a digital electric meter. Studies have found that electric vehicles could be charged with electricity produced under the current system, if done at the right time, agreed National Resources Defense Council scientist Simon Mui. He even knows what a plug-in hybrid is.&#.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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’s expertise on the auto industry in general, we are concerned that in its understanding of future pathways, it offers a flawed analysis and predictions based on business-as-usual,&# notes a posting on the California Car Initiative’s Web site. and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s — Scott 18. Follow the money.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. DE (1) Agricultural offsets (1) Always On Going Green (1) Applied Materials (1) Appropedia (1) Aqua Resources Fund (1) Arnold Schwarzenegger (1) BMWG.F (1) The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA SZ (1) 6753.T

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